Best time to fly Houston to Raleigh/Durham

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full IAH to RDU record →

Best month

January

89.5% on time · 140 flights

Worst month

July

57.9% on time · 147 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 140 89.5% 5% 76 min
February 126 87.2% 0.79% 58 min
March 157 80.8% 0.64% 71 min
April 129 82.9% 0% 50 min
May 147 77.1% 1.36% 73 min
June 136 67.4% 0.74% 77 min
July 147 57.9% 4.76% 83 min
August 154 75% 1.3% 62 min
September 148 87.7% 1.35% 60 min
October 160 85.6% 0% 60 min
November 152 82.6% 1.97% 66 min
December 148 78.4% 0% 63 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.